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Furthermore, we have about 50% of the world's wealth but only 6.3% of its population... In this situation, we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity without positive detriment to our national security.

George F Kennan (1904–2005)

Policy Planning Study 23
US State Department, 1948

This Week in History:

April 8th - 10th

Test yourself:

Press the buttons to reveal the answers.
1
At London airport how many people died and how many survived?
5 died and 121 survived
2
What did thousands gather for and when?
Martin Luther King's funeral in 1968
3
What toppled and when?
Saddam Hussein's statue in 2003
4
Where was there a political deal and when?
Northern Ireland in 1998
5
Who died and at what age?
Picasso, aged 91

Notes:

The footage from Baghdad is iconic and false - a good example of fake news, that is news that misrepresents events and buries other news of greater signigicance.

Here's a link to an article from the Atlantic which explains why.

There's also a video on YouTube.

This Week In History HD Video 15.7 MB
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